The Iranian regime has worked consistently to undermine any Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Seven years ago, the Israeli navy intercepted the Karine-A, a Gaza-bound freighter carrying 50 tons of Iranian arms, supplied during a fragile truce. Four-and-a-half years later, war erupted after Hizballah, an Iranian-sponsored group, attacked Israel. The United States then pressured Israel to accede to a ceasefire, and Iran claimed victory. Ali Akbar Velayati, Khamenei’s top foreign policy advisor, declared that the war had shown Israel to be a “paper tiger.” About Iran and its vassals : http://xrl.us/bebj56

SHIFTING FOCUS FROM IRANS NUCLEAR PROGRAM,
TO ISRAELS BLOCKADE ON GAZA.
IRAN WITH HER DOGS ARE NOW PLAYING IN ISRAELS CORNER.
HOW LONG WILL THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT SITT IDLE,
AND LOOSE ALL INITIATIVE AND MOMENTUM TO THE ENEMIES OF ISRAEL -
-UNTIL OBAMA DECIDES ORHERWISE -???-
OBAMA THE NEW WARRIOR LEADER OF ISRAEL !!!.
Arn.

Israel has to stop showing weakness and has to show its strength.
Israel's response on this matter has always been weak, with the last decision to send commando's with toy paintball guns.
Israel show your strength, let them enter the national waters. Warn them, fire warning shots and if they still refuse sink them. This is what your response should always have been.

IF it is Israel, then it is Israel that decides whose ships get into Gaza.
IF Israel has the right to stop ships unlawfully trying to enter Gaza, then it also has the right to sink those unlawful ships as well.
IF Israel is the sovereign country in charge of Gaza, sink the damn ships.

Iran are testing Israel with the blessing of Turkey.Isreal should tell the world in simple english and clearly we will capture the ship and all the crew and people on board will be taken to Israeli jail to face justice under Israeli law.

Iran is large, but there are only a few targets which are central to the nuke program and the Saudis have already opened their air space.
The whole affair is primarily a political one and not a military one.
If Israel has the guts to do it, it can be done and master Obumma will be forced to line up to Israels defense if he likes it or not.
This is all...we need men with nerves of steel...

peter the nazi when you are going to shout very loudly with your friends muslims ISRAEL USING EXCESSIVE FORCE.We will hear this from you soon.
Have you bought burka an veil for your wife and girlfriend because very soon you will have new immigrants from Iran and turkey aswell as from gaza and Islam will rule

Thank you for your unsolicited advice. I shall accord it all the consideration it merits.
While I do that, why don't you acquaint yourself with the history of United States responses to deliberate provocation and attempts to run United States-imposed naval blockades? Oh, you don't even have to limit yourself to U.S. responses. You will find much of interest with respect to naval blockades imposed by the British, by the French, by Portugal and even by Australia.

Yes I am in California where I am tirelessly fighting for your country to exist. I do not want to see Israel in any war, but again my uncle (of blessed memory) was one of many Americans who came back from WWII and went to assist Israel in 1948. No one asked him - he did it. He saw the same inhumane way the Arabs fight - that many of our (and your) young men and women see today over 62 years later.
So I am sorry that you do not appreciate those of us in the Diaspora who do support your country's right to exist and scream whenever the "Olmerts" want to give it away to the Arafaters/ Hamassvillans.
Shalom

Let all those ships come in! Stop and inspect all foreign ships to make sure they're not carrying weapons and agitators, figure out the amount of the humanitarian aid they carry and then reduce Israel's contribution to Gaza by that amount. Realizing that they'd be supporting Israel by default, I bet that humanitarian aid to Gaza BS by various and assorted a--hats would come to a screeching halt in no time.

Very, very astute question.
Gaza is non-sovereign territory, therefore it cannot exercise sovereignty in its own right.
Egypt washed its hands of Gaza years ago, but even if it hadn't, Israel acquired Gaza in 1967 while fighting a defensive war, and as such, is the only country with a natural right to exercise sovereignty -- even following the pullout from Gaza. Since Hamas has very much maintained armed hostilities against Israel, Israel has every right as a sovereign nation to impose an embargo upon Gaza. It is a recognized embargo, and fully legal.
Again, very good question. I, too, think that the ships should be blown out of the water. Imagine what might happen to a "humanitarian flotilla" attempting to run the United States blockade of Cuba. Better still, what would happen to a "humanitarian flotilla" attempting to run the United States blockade of North Korea and of Myanmar?
I'll tell you what. A lot of sunk ships.
The right of Israel to exercise its sovereignty is no lesser than that of the United States or any other country, for that matter. The right to impose an embargo upon a hostile entity is a sovereign right of nations. Especially since Gaza is non-sovereign territory largely controlled by an internationally-recognized terrorist organization (as opposed to Cuba, Myanmar and North Korea, which are sovereign states in their own right).